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Yes, Stink Bugs Smell!

Stink Bugs primarily live outdoors and can invade your home during the colder months of Fall and Winter. There are ways to get rid of these stink bugs from the inside of your home.

Stink bugs are shield shaped and not only are Stink Bugs annoying they emit a unpleasant smell. Whatever you do don't squash them or vacuum them! The smell will remain for months, this is for their protection and so they find their way back to the smell.

They can be found in curtains, drawers, laundry or bedding.

Let's get rid of those bugs and also the smell!!!

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Stink Bugs Outside
Getting Rid Of Stink Bugs Outside
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Prevent Stink Bugs From Entering Your Ho...

Even though stink bugs primarily reside outside your home, they can still harm and damage your plants and make being outdoors in your backyard uncomfortable. Stink bugs eat leaves, flowers, fruit and crops like soybeans. They also eat other pests, such as caterpillars.

They are attracted to light and warmth. So if you have an outdoor light, our little stinky friends will be attracted from the bushes and plants to the light from your home and the warmth of your home.

Getting Rid Of Stink Bugs Outside

Getting rid of Stink Bugs outside prevents infestation and these little stinkers from getting inside your home. Always wear gloves when handling any pesticide and to protect yourself from the smell and bite, yes, stink bugs bite. As with any pesticide follow the package directions and handle with care.

Since Stink Bugs like heat, begin in the spring.

1Treat the outside yard and garden areas with an garden dust insecticide containing permethrin. Permethrin is a neurotoxin that is lethal to most insects.
2Spray outside application pesticides in the garden. These pesticides should be applied regularly as they vaporize very quickly.
3Look on the underside of plants, most stink bug colonies and egg can be found on the underside of leaves. Remove eggs into a container that you can close. This is effective if you have a large colony.
4Remove any outdoor lighting that would attract Stink Bugs.
5Remove weeds or plants near the home as this is where stink bugs host.
6Soapy water can be used outdoors as well. Fill a steep sided container partly with detergent water. Place the container underneath an infested plant. Then, gently tap the plant or brush the bugs off into the soapy water with a stick. Coating the inside of the can with a sticky solution also works to prevent the bugs from escaping. Place on the lid and discard the container far away from the house. This is a temporary solution and will have to be repeated frequently.
7Kaolin clay can also be use to control and deter stink bugs. The clay can be made in to a spray solution and sprayed on the surrounding plants. Once applied onto plants, it will prevent the stink bugs from eating or laying eggs on the plants. The clay is not harmful to the plants and can be easily washed off any fruits or vegetables.

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Prevent Stink Bugs From Entering Your Home

Following these steps will preventing Stink Bugs from entering your home giving you piece of mind without these little stinkers from marking their spot so they won't be back year after year.

1Make sure that your window and doors are covered with screens.
2Walk around the outside of your home and inspect to make sure any cracks or holes are plugged. If you see any gaps, cracks or holes, fill them with silicon latex caulk. Carefully inspect around window and pipes
3As the weather begins to get cold, stinks bugs will try to move inside where it's warm, keep them out!

Getting Rid Of Stink Bugs Inside

1Use the above methods to keep Stink Bugs out of your yard and block any entrances into your home.
2Dust the interior spaces with a chemically-formulated insecticidal powder that are likely to be damaged and develop cracks. The dust will settle in places like attics and kill any invading stink bugs.
3Treat the inside of the house with deltamethrin dust. This stink bug insecticide has been approved for use inside the home. Apply librally around the attic, cellar, around window and door frames and don't forget behind switch plate covers or any other possible points of entry.
4Baygon,is an aerosol treatment available for treating the inside of your home.This can be applied to window and door frames, floor moldings, around ceiling lights, wall sconces and any other place stinkbugs may be using to gain entry to your home. You may need more than one treatment.
5A slow release strips called Nuvan ProStrips release a vapor over a four week period that keeps killing Stink Bugs. Nuvan ProStrips are great for controlling them in enclosed such as attic spaces.
6Placing an insect light trap in attic spaces will attract and capture some of the stink bugs.
7Soapy water can be used indoors as well.

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A-Redneck May 27, 2011 @ 10:23 am | delete

I guess these little guys like certain trees to we discovered and they are attracted to our neighbors trees...which means that we have hundreds of stink bugs surrounding our house in the summer. Ughhh they are awful and they come back every year.